Androgens in Health and Disease (Contemporary Endocrinology)
Contributors: Carrie Bagatell (Editor); William J. Bremner (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: May 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781588290298
Subjects: Biochemistry; Endocrinology; Metabolism; physiology; Medical / Nursing; Hormones; Science; Therapeutic use; Medical; Physiological effect; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Androgens
First sentence: Testosterone, the major androgen in men, is necessary for fetal male sexual differentiation, pubertal development, the maintenance of adult secondary sex characteristics, and spermatogenesis, and functions in many other tissues, including muscle and bone, and in the immune system.